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100
Earthquakes happen below the surface of the _______.
What is Earth?
100
Another name for volcanic fog.
What is smog?
100
The crust and the upper area of the mantle.
What is lithosphere?
100
An area around the edges of the Pacific Ocean where many volcanoes are located.
What is the Ring of Fire?
100
The name for lava beneath the surface of the earth.
What is magma?
200
The point on the surface of the earth directly above the focus of an earthquake.
What is epicenter?
200
Geysers and mud pots are both types of ____ ______.
What are hot springs?
200
Vibrations that flow out from the focus of an earthquake.
What are seismic waves?
200
___________ can occur when plate boundaries shift suddenly along a fault and release their stored energy.
What are Earthquakes?
200
Giant ocean wave
What is a tsunami?
300
Pieces of ash and lava blown into the air by a volcano.
What are cinders?
300
Scientists who study the movements of the earth.
What are seismologists?
300
A volcano characterized by a bowl-like crater at its top and only one main vent.
What is a cinder cone volcano?
300
The beginning point of an earthquake.
What is the focus?
300
A measurement for the strength of an earthquake?
What is magnitude?
400
Mauna Loa is an example of this type of volcano. It has gradually sloping sides and resembles an upside-down saucer.
What is a shield volcano?
400
A device that detects, times, and measures the movements of the Earth.
What is a seismograph?
400
Volcanos that do not have a recorded eruption and are not expected to erupt in the future are considered to be ________ volcanoes.
What is extinct?
400
Volcanoes that have erupted in the past and are not expected to erupt in the future are considered to be __________ volcanoes.
What is dormant?
400
The strength of the seismic waves of an earthquake.
What is magnitude?
500
The most powerful eruption, spewing lava, gas, and dust into the atmosphere?
What is Plinian?
500
An relatively quiet eruption characterized by little or no cinder, ash, or steam, and runny lava.
What is a Hawaiian or Strombolian eruption?
500
This eruption sends an avalanche of red-hot gases and has a pyroclastic flow.
What is a Pelean eruption?
500
This type of eruption send a violent explosion of lava, ashes, cinders, and gases into the air?
What is Vulcanian?
500
This volcano shape is a symmetrical cone.
What is composite cone?
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